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Departments

From the Editor

Beyond Self-Esteem p1

Sandra Upson

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-1


Letters

May/June 2013 pp4 - 6

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-4


Head Lines

Social Medicine

Kind Hearts Are Healthier pp7 - 8

Daisy Yuhas

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-8a


Social Medicine

Even Small Talk Helps p8

Michele Solis

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-8b


Social Medicine

Contagious Altruism p9

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-9a


Social Medicine

You Make Me Happy p9

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-9b


Social Medicine

Generosity Is Its Own Reward p9

Marina Krakovsky

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-9c


How to Be a Better Student p10

Sunny Sea Gold

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-10


Bird Brains

Social Skills to Crow About p12

Harvey Black

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-12


Online Dating May Lead to Better Marriages p13

Ingrid Wickelgren

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-13a


Implants That Enhance Our Senses p13

Melinda Wenner Moyer

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-13b


Cycles Of Change

Fertile Women Have a Heightened Sense of Smell p14

Tori Rodriguez

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-14a


Pharma Watch

Life of a Drug p14

Sarah Amandolare

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-14b


Cycles Of Change

Ovulating Women Are Less Trusting p15

Tori Rodriguez

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-15a


Cycles Of Change

That Judgmental Time of the Month p15

Tori Rodriguez

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-15b


The Mysteries Of Pain

Sex Matters in Migraines pp16 - 17

Cat Bohannon

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-16


The Mysteries Of Pain

Deciphering Cluster Headaches p17

Andrea Anderson

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-17a


The Mysteries Of Pain

Agony in the Brain p17

Michele Solis

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-17b


Concussions' Lingering Effects Linked to Hormone Deficiency p18

Stephani Sutherland

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-18a


Neurons Fire Backward in Sleep p18

Erica Westly

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-18b


Illusions

No Brain, No Pain pp19 - 21

Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-19


Perspectives

Managing Your Digital Afterlife pp22 - 23

Carrie Arnold

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-22


Consciousness Redux

The Conscious Infant pp24 - 25

Christof Koch

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-24


Facts & Fictions In Mental Health

Clutter, Clutter Everywhere pp68 - 69

Scott O. Lilienfeld and Hal Arkowitz

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-68


Reviews and Recommendations

Woe is Us p70

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-70a


Mind Control p70

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-70b


Mental Divide pp70 - 71

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-70c


Evolution Solution p71

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-71a


Books: Roundup p71

Victoria Stern

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-71b


Ask the Brains

What physiological changes can explain the honeymoon phase of a relationship? p72

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-72a


People say they don't like negative political ads, but do they work? p72

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-72b


Head Games

Head Games p74

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-74


Mind in Pictures

Fear Itself p76

Dwayne Godwin and Jorge Cham

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-76


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Features

Cover Story

Letting Go of Self-Esteem pp26 - 33

Jennifer Crocker and Jessica J. Carnevale

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-26


Listening to Voices pp34 - 39

Eleanor Longden

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-34


What a Hoax pp40 - 43

Sander van der Linden

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-40


Special Report: The Science Of Better Learning

How We Learn pp44 - 45

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-44


Special Report: The Science Of Better Learning

What Works, What Doesn't pp46 - 53

John Dunlosky, Katherine A. Rawson, Elizabeth J. Marsh, Mitchell J. Nathan and Daniel T. Willingham

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-46


Special Report: The Science Of Better Learning

The Science of Handwriting pp54 - 59

Brandon Keim

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-54


Special Report: The Science Of Better Learning

For the Love of Math pp60 - 67

John Mighton

doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0913-60


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